Politics and data monitoring / selling

Hello, Mojn, God dag, Guten Tag etc.
As someone, that is fairly interested in politics I like to keep an eye out for the laws of data monitoring and how far the state / companies are allowed to gather your data and how they are handled.
Germany being more and more aware of the "problem" is trying to fix it with (excuse me) pitiful laws that are more confusing than anything, while trying to gain insight into data to prevent cyber crimes etc, however not really making sure that the data that they gather is being protected properly.

So question 1 is:
How far do you think a state should be allowed to check the traffic of internet users / How is the state of laws about personal data in your country?

The entire thing that spawned the second part of this discussion has a slight history. When I got my provider I was supplied with an E-Mail account (which I usually tend to neglect, as I have another account for private use), but alas, the bills were send there, so I had to check it.
To my surprise, without me giving out the e-mail address to anyone, the next week an incredibly high mass of advertisements from different companies gathered there.
So.
To come to the point of question 2: How far should a company be allowed to sell your data to a third party?

You have no privacy on the internet. The state has every right to monitor where you go on the internet. I can't answer the second half as I'm unsure what you mean exactly by the question.



Never unless they get your explicit consent to do so. Also the companies should never be allowed to "force" you to give them permission to do so during the sign up process. So the company would have to approach you after you sign up and ask your permission to sell your personal information to a third party.

Meh, there is no privacy on the internet. Everyone takes risks in what they are doing. Thankfully, for now, a company has the right to refuse to give information to law enforcement (in the United States anyway) but most wouldn't do that because they don't want to subsequently be taken to court to duke it out.

I find Comcast's plan hilarious. If you happen to go over your bandwidth cap in a month they can only give you a warning the first time, but will often monitor you to see what likely illegal transferring you are doing, and if you purchase Comcast's extended bandwidth plan you will more than likely be tracked at one point in time or another. Ah... so trustworthy.

For this I agree with FPOD that. "You have no privacy on the internet." The government should be allowed to monitor all of what you do on the internet.



On this though I disagree with the FPOD. I believe on the internet they have every right to do so except if they deliberately say they won’t. Though I also believe that they should have to tell you that they will be selling your information.

Like if they say we won’t sell your information they shouldn't be allowed to, or in your contract they have to put that they will be selling your information.